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Year 5 - English

Rich vocabulary associated with hard-work

Action words

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils learn a wider range of vocabulary to support writing descriptively about characters, settings and scenes, including ambitious vocabulary for action words that can be applied to descriptive writing passages.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use the words 'gruelling', 'tedious' and other rich vocabulary associated with hard-work.

Key Notes

  • 'Gruelling' is an adjective, which means difficult or draining.
  • 'Tedious' is an adjective, which means boring or dull.
  • 'Laborious', 'overwhelming', 'backbreaking' and 'exhausted' are other adjectives related to hard-work.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • noun: a naming word for people, places or things
  • adjective: is a word that describes a noun
  • synonym: a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
  • word pair: words that often appear together
  • adverb: a word that can describe a verb or an adjective

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils might find the word pairs for 'overwhelming' difficult, such as 'overwhelming majority' and 'overwhelming evidence'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

'Gruelling' is an adjective, which means difficult or draining. 'Tedious' is an adjective, which means boring or dull.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'noun'

a naming word for people, places or things.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Pupils might find the word pairs for 'overwhelming' difficult, such as 'overwhelming majority' and 'overwhelming evidence'. Correction: Model using all the different word pairs and discuss the meanings in context.

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